Alberto Goldman (; 12 October 1937 – 1 September 2019) was a Brazilian

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and

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who served as Governor of

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for nine months in 2010 after the resignation of

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. He had previously served as Vice Governor of that state from 2007 to 2010.

Personal life

Goldman began studying engineering at the Polytechnic School of the

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when he was 18. When the

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took place, he was a militant of the

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(PCB). Soon after the

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, he became a member of the

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(MDB). After the end of the MDB in the late 1970s, he became a member of the

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(PMDB). He went back to PCB but ended up leaving it for PMDB in 1987. From 1992 to 1994, he served as the Transport Minister during the presidency of

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. In 1996, he left PMDB and became a member of PSDB and was elected a federal deputy two years later. He served as governor of the state of São Paulo from April 2010 to January 2011, replacing

who resigned from office in order to run for the presidency in 2010, and was succeeded by the current governor

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. He served as acting National President and National Vice President of the

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. He replaced senator

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, who was the candidate of the party in the 2014 race for the presidency. After complications caused by surgery to treat heart disease, Goldman died on 1 September 2019 in Sírio Libanês Hospital, in

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldman, Alberto 1937 births 2019 deaths Governors of São Paulo (state) Vice governors of São Paulo (state) University of São Paulo alumni Government ministers of Brazil People from São Paulo Brazilian Communist Party politicians Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians Brazilian communists Brazilian engineers Jewish Brazilian politicians Brazilian people of Polish-Jewish descent Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from São Paulo